Birding Resources

BIRD SPECIES LISTS


AviList (first released in June 2025) acts as a collaborative effort to end the discrepancies between IOC, eBird/Clements, and BirdLife International taxonomies.


Free Access: Birds of the World Website

The John Voelcker Bird Book Fund has partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to bring the Roberts 8 updates directly to the Birds of the World website. Free access is available to member nations: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, and Eswatini.

KWAZULU-NATAL BIRD SPECIES CHECKLIST 2026


Avibase: KwaZulu-Natal Checklist 2026

SOUTH AFRICAN CHECKLIST 2026